ASQA recently notified RTO’s of updated guidance on third-party arrangements coming into effect. The transition period for existing arrangements to meet the requirements set out in the General Direction has been extended from 1 November 2019 to 1 January 2020. More information? Fact sheet—third-party arrangements General Direction—third-party arrangements for training and or assessment of VET…
On Friday 9th August 2019, the Australian Skills Quality Authority published guidance on third-party agreements. There are some significant implications for third-party providers. At this time NIFAT is seeking further clarification from ASQA in relation to advertising and marketing provisions. The recent guidance suggests that any advertising and marketing must be done in the name…
On Thursday 8th August 2019, SkillsIQ released the draft first aid units of competency for public consultation. The consultation will end at 5.00pm on Friday 20th September. All feedback must be provided via the feedback forum on the SkillIQ website. The National Institute of First Aid Trainers is a member of the First Aid Industry…
Skills IQ have released the 2019 First Aid Industry Reference Committee Industry Skills Forecast. This draft is now available for public consultation. Click Here to view the draft copy.
We are excited to announce COBA First Aid as the Silver Sponsor for the 2018 National First Aid Trainers Conference. COBA First Aid provides a complete e-learning package that meets the knowledge component of HLTAID003 & HLTAID004. COBA's resources are produced for First Aid Trainers and RTO's throughout Australia. Integrating Online & Face-to-Face learning allows…
SkillsIQ, the Service Skills Organisation responsible for the First Aid Units of Competency, has updated the First Aid Companion Volume for the new units if competency HLTAID009 – HLTAID016 October 2020 The updated document can be found at the bottom of the page, at the following link. https://vetnet.gov.au/Pages/download.aspx?url=https://vetnet.gov.au/Public%20Documents/First%20Aid%20Implementation%20Guide_Final_October_2020.pdf
Thank you Lisa for submitting the following questions. Can a minor consent to treatment, when a parent is not available to give consent on the minor’s behalf?; and Can a minor consent to treatment, when a parent declines treatment on his/her behalf? See the response at the following link. https://emergencylaw.wordpress.com/2018/02/26/first-aid-treatment-of-a-minor/
National consultations are currently open for the following draft 2018 Industry Skills Forecasts: First Aid (closing date: Monday 5 March 2018). Please click here to access these documents, as well as Online Feedback Forms where you will be able to submit your comments and feedback. You are invited to review the drafts and provide feedback…
It's with much excitement that we announce the attendance of Chris Solomons at the 2018 National First Aid Trainers Conference. Chris worked as an Emergency Medical Dispatcher (EMD) with the Yorkshire Ambulance Service (UK) for 20 years before moving to the patient transport service. During the time Chris worked as an EMD, the BBC were…
The Australian Resuscitation Council has released an update to the following guideline. 9.2.9 First Aid Management of a Diabetic Emergency View the guideline here.